The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The award went to Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick and the Honor Books are: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal, Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner, and Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool.
The Edwards Award which recognizes an author for his/her body of work went to Markus Zusak for The Book Thief, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger. The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction went to The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi written by Neal Bascomb.
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 to 18. This year's winners are: Brewster by Mark Slouka, The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell, Golden boy: a novel by Abigail Tarttelin, Help for the Haunted by John Searles, Lexicon: a novel by Max Barry, Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu, Mother, mother: a novel by Koren Zailckas, Relish by Lucy Knisley, The Sea of Tranquility: a novel by Katja Millay, and The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence.
For a complete listing of these awards and also lists of Best Fiction for Young Adults, Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, Great Graphic Novels, Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, and lists for Amazing Audiobooks and Fabulous Films go to this website link: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook
There is also an App that can be downloaded YALSA's Teen Book Finder for your phone or iPad. http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products/teenbookfinder
